Disney Dumps Janet Jackson-Linked Statue
(AP, 03/02/2004 8:01 PM)

The Walt Disney Co. has quietly shelved a life-size statue of Mickey Mouse inspired by singer Janet Jackson , who was roundly criticized for a risque Super Bowl halftime performance.

The 6-foot, 700-pound statue was one of 75 unveiled at Walt Disney World in Orlando last fall to celebrate the 75th birthday of Mickey Mouse. The statues were inspired by celebrities such as tennis star Andre Agassi, actress Jamie Lee Curtis and comedian Ellen DeGeneres .

The statue inspired by Jackson was clad in a tight black outfit similar to one she wore in 1990 after the release of her album, Rhythm Nation 1928. It was replaced by a spare statue designed by Luis Fernandez, an in-house Disney artist.

"Considering all the controversy it drew, we talked it over for a couple of days and decided it would be best to replace hers with a new one," Gary Foster, a Disney spokesman, told the Orlando Sentinel.

Foster didn't immediately return a phone call to The Associated Press.









That is absolutely ridiculous! Janet was asked by Disney to design that statue for charity, and they do something like this? This whole thing has gotten way out of hand, and I think it's crazy.

LOL! I knew that was gonna happen. I was just waitin'.

all this total bullshit over a gotdamned tit...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Exactly! I don't get. I just don't get it. Lord, get over it everyone. It's a boob. It's not the anti-christ.

geez, people are still talking about this? i thought that was yesterdays news. the tit, i mean, not disney.

clarity edit
[This message was edited Thu Mar 4 15:46:27 2004 by SassierBritches]

Uh, Rhythm Nation 1928? People writing for AP can't even get the simplest facts straight.
[This message was edited Thu Mar 4 15:57:53 2004 by VoicesCarry]

VoicesCarry said:

You can tell that the person writing this article is either unfamiliar or apathetic all together about Janet's career.

JANFAN4L said:

or they couldn't be arsed to go to a website like allmusic.com and simply look it up...

VoicesCarry said:

I know, lol. Actually, the reason is because on the statue, instead of 1814, Mickey Mouse's uniform says 1928 because that was the year he was created. It was a parody on Janet's Rhythm nation costume, but the whoever ignorant person wrote the article thought Janet's album was called Rhythm Nation 1928 as well, lol.